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CHAPTER 1<br />

RESOURCES<br />

Resource List<br />

Adichie, C. N. (2009, October 7). The danger of a single story (TED Talks video webcast). Retrieved from<br />

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg<br />

This link is a YouTube video of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk, The Danger of a Single Story.<br />

Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services. (n.d.). Refugee children in U.S. schools: A toolkit for teachers and<br />

school personnel. Retrieved from http://www.brycs.org/publications/schools-toolkit.cfm<br />

This toolkit was created “to support and assist schools with large numbers of refugee students.” It is broken<br />

up into five chapters or “tools,” each covering a different topic pertinent to refugees. The toolkit was<br />

created for use by school-level personnel as well as educators on the LEA and SEA levels.<br />

Brown, A., & Stepler, R. (2016, April 19). Statistical portrait of the foreign-born population in the<br />

United States. Retrieved from Pew Research Center website:<br />

http:/.pewhispanic.org/2016/04/19/statistical-portrait-of-hispanics-in-the-united-states/<br />

This data report discusses demographic information on foreign-born individuals living in the United<br />

States, including country of origin, race/ethnicity, age, languages spoken, and more.<br />

Calderón, M. (2008, January). Innovative policies and practices for developing teachers to work with<br />

English language learners. Presentation at the Educational Testing Service and National Council of<br />

La Raza’s ETS Addressing Achievement Gaps Symposium, Princeton, NJ. Retrieved from<br />

http://www.ets.org/Media/Conferences_and_Events/pdf/ELLsympsium/Calderon.pdf<br />

This presentation discusses how schools can train and develop educators prepared to work with ELs. The<br />

author outlines the need for more qualified educators as well as showing what specific tools help ELs.<br />

Carey, Bjorn. (2016, August 12). Stanford’s Maryam Mirzakhani wins Fields Medal. Stanford Report. Retrieved<br />

from http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/august/fields-medal-mirzakhani-081214.html<br />

This article describes the work and achievements of Stanford mathematics professor and first woman<br />

Fields Medal winner Maryam Mirzakhani.<br />

Center for American Progress. (2014, October 23). The facts on immigration today. Retrieved from<br />

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/report/2014/10/23/59040/the-facts-onimmigration-today-3/#economy<br />

This page of the website has briefs on immigration trends, policy, and statistics.<br />

Child Trends Data Bank. (2014). Immigrant children: Indicators on children and youth. Retrieved from<br />

http://childtrends.org/?indicators=immigrant-children<br />

This report discusses “first and second generation immigrant children in the United States.” The data is<br />

broken down by various demographic markers as well as showing trends over a period from 1994–2014.<br />

The Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie website. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.l3.ulg.ac.be/adichie/<br />

This website provides information on author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.<br />

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • <strong>NEWCOMER</strong> <strong>TOOL</strong> <strong>KIT</strong> • CHAPTER 1 • 17<br />

No official endorsement by the Department of any product, commodity, service, enterprise, curriculum, or program of instruction<br />

mentioned in this publication is intended or should be inferred. For the reader’s convenience, the tool kit contains information about<br />

and from outside organizations, including URLs. Inclusion of such information does not constitute the Department’s endorsement.

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